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Magnitude 4.2 FIJI REGION

Friday, March 21, 2008 at 17:43:32 UTC

Historic USGS Moment Tensor Solutions

Historic Moment Tensor Solutions World Location
Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green

The most recent (20 or less) USGS Moment Tensor Solutions are shown.
Data from the Source Parameter Database.

                        E P I C E N T E R   |          MOMENT  |    P R I N C I P A L  A X E S       |N O D A L  P L A N E S | 
     DATE    TIME (UTC)   LAT      LONG  SRC|DEPTH     VAL  EX |     T            N            P     |     1           2     | %  SRC
  YR  MO DA HR MN SEC     deg      deg      |  km  Mw     Nm   |VAL  PL AZM  VAL  PL AZM  VAL  PL AZM|STK DP SLIP STK DP SLIP| DC
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 2006 06 09 10:40:41.78 -17.980 -178.503 PDE|601.0 5.5 2.2  17 |2.28 33   6 -0.08 54 159 -2.20 13 267| 42 57  164 140 77   34| 93 GS              
 2006 07 03 13:40: 0.96 -20.485 -176.109 PDE|205.0 5.4 1.8  17 |1.80 25 115  0.01  4  23 -1.80 65 284|214 21  -78  21 70  -94| 99 GS              
 2006 07 18 16:02:16.79 -20.084 -178.434 PDE|591.0 5.7 4.8  17 |5.56 27 150 -1.52  1  59 -4.04 62 327|243 18  -86  59 73  -91| 45 GS              
 2006 07 23 20:50:51.27 -17.930 -178.608 PDE|588.0 5.7 4.8  17 |4.01 20  13  1.53 45 124 -5.54 39 266| 57 47 -164 316 79  -44| 45 GS              
 2006 08 15 23:53:46.77 -21.189 -176.250 PDE|156.0 6.1 2.1  18 |2.05 34 127  0.04 35   9 -2.09 37 248|275 35   -3   8 88 -125| 96 GS              
 2006 09 03 04:26:29.41 -21.801 -175.146 PDE| 34.0 5.6 3.2  17 |3.17 61 197  0.13 28  32 -3.30  6 298|  1 46   49 232 57  124| 92 GS              
 2006 11 30 11:33:17.02 -21.297 -174.677 PDE|  7.0 6.0 1.3  18 |1.34 55 301 -0.03  2  33 -1.31 35 124|223 10  100  33 80   88| 96 GS              
 2006 12 02 09:52:13.21 -17.774 -174.314 PDE|133.0 5.8 5.8  17 |4.86 21 360  1.78 55 236 -6.64 27 101|139 55   -4 231 87 -145| 46 GS              
 2006 12 17 12:51: 8.66 -21.258 -174.472 PDE| 10.0 5.7 4.2  17 |4.40 77 298 -0.40  0 207 -4.00 13 117|207 32   89  27 58   90| 82 GS              
 2007 01 08 20:52:20.64 -18.580 -177.847 PDE|410.0 6.3 3.6  18 |3.53 41 249  0.07 48  81 -3.61  6 344| 35 57   28 289 67  144| 96 GS              
 2007 02 05 09:55:51.10 -20.609 -175.650 PDE| 22.0 5.7 5.3  17 |5.34 10 264 -0.15 78 109 -5.18  5 354| 39 79    4 309 86  169| 94 GS              
 2007 04 05 03:25: 7.54 -16.999 -176.941 PDE| 18.0 5.7 4.2  17 |4.18  7 274  0.00 82 116 -4.18  3   5| 50 83    3 319 87  173|100 GS              
 2007 05 06 21:11:52.50 -19.401 -179.354 PDE|679.0 6.4 5.6  18 |6.11 73  58 -0.95 14 202 -5.16  9 295| 41 38  113 193 56   73| 69 GS              
 2007 05 06 22:01: 8.92 -19.406 -179.315 PDE|682.0 6.1 1.5  18 |1.51 74  38  0.01 13 184 -1.51  9 276| 22 38  112 175 55   74| 99 GS              
 2007 05 07 20:32:32.33 -21.213 -178.619 PDE|555.0 5.7 4.2  17 |4.26  9 176 -0.07 14  84 -4.20 73 298|283 38  -67  74 55 -107| 97 GS              
 2007 05 13 11:26:42.91 -19.513 -179.329 PDE|679.0 5.8 6.4  17 |6.99 72  58 -1.20 14 200 -5.79 11 292| 40 36  114 190 57   73| 66 GS              
 2007 05 27 18:12:34.77 -20.069 -174.519 PDE| 36.0 5.6 3.1  17 |3.19 65 116 -0.17 25 304 -3.02  3 212|279 47   56 144 53  122| 89 GS              
 2007 06 23 21:52: 3.08 -16.917 -177.069 PDE| 14.0 5.6 3.0  17 |3.03 13 266 -0.05 75 115 -2.98  7 357| 42 76    4 311 86  166| 97 GS              
 2007 07 28 08:53:13.50 -15.898 -175.288 PDE|325.0 5.3 1.3  17 |1.15  4 157  0.21 14  66 -1.36 75 262|261 43  -69  54 50 -108| 69 GS              
 2007 08 26 12:37:31.19 -17.457 -174.335 PDE|                  |     40 105                    50 285| 15 85  -90 195  5  -90|    GS              

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